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Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

1547

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Sebald Beham

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

1547

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 52 × 76 mm. (2 1/16 × 3 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1929.17.15.10.11
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1929; Blanche Adler, Baltimore
The Illustrated Bartsch. Ed. Walter L. Strauss. New York, 1978-present.

Inscribed: RECTO: at upper center, in plate: "LEONIS SUFFOCATI EXVVILS/INDVITVR HERCULES,"; at lower left, in plate: "1548/HSB"

Markings: CM: Blanche Adler on verso

Artist

Sebald Beham

1499–1549

German, 1500-1550
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